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Suraru, Nicolae; Codrea, Vlad A.
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1988 |
[Ein Sireniden Prämolare (P/4 dext.) im Horizont der Grobkalke bei Cluj-Napoca: Baciu Schluchten.]
Nymphaea [= Crisia] 18: 689-695. 2 pls.
–In Rumanian; French summ.
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Veress, Laszlo; Bordeianu, Marian; Codrea, Vlad A.
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2022 |
Some new data on the Eocene sirenians from Cluj-Napoca Somes-Dig
(Transylvanian Basin, Romania)
–Abstract: The sedimentary rocks of the Transylvanian Basin, the largest molassic basin in Romania, range in age from the latest Cretaceous to the late Miocene. While younger ages are prevalent in the basin's central area, only a few areas on the basin's periphery expose older ages. The Paleogene Gilau sedimentary area is among the latter ones. On the surface of this area, both in the municipality of Cluj-Napoca and in the close vicinity, are Paleogene rocks of marine and terrestrial origin that include fossils from several types of vertebrates. The fossil locality from
Somes-Dig, where the Priabonian Cluj Limestone Formation is exposed, is a key location for sirenian fossils. Recent excavations at this location revealed postcranial sirenian fossils. In this study, an anatomically attached radius and ulna, and a fragmentary pelvis are fi rstly described in Romania, alongside four rib fragments. Due to the
absence of a conclusive classifi cation at the species or even genus level, the recovered fossils were only assigned to the Dugongidae family. Even though they were discovered in the same location on a restricted area, the fossilized
bones exhibit distinct ontogenetic characteristics, indicating that they belonged to different individuals.
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Veress, Laszlo Codrea, Vlad A.
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2023b |
List of sirenian fossils housed in the "Bethlen Gabor" College in Aiud, Romania.
Nymphea, Folia naturae Bihariae XL, 67-88.
–Abstract: A museum collection represents an assemblage of cultural and natural goods which can be accessible for both the wider public as well as researchers. The sources which represent the origins of the objects that make up a collection can originate from donations, acquisitions or discoveries resulting from systematic studies in the field. The discovery of a new collection which resides in a museum's depository represents a momentous occasion. The Fuchs Herman Collection, while of a smaller size, contains
several sirenian fossil remains discovered in areas inside and around Cluj-Napoca by the respective paleontologist, a former teacher at the "Babes-Bolyai" University. The collection itself is of great importance, because it is a part of the "Bethlen G?bor" College school museum's patrimony, from Aiud. To this extent, the collection can help in ensuring the use of new, alternative teaching methods, the consolidation of knowledge and offers the
possibility for the development of the students' desire to learn. The sirenians from this collection are documented by fragmentary ribs and vertebrae, therefore an assignation
from systematic viewpoint below the order level is not possible. The target of this paper is the inventory of the sirenian fossils from the Fuchs Herman Collection, thereby contributing to the development of the scholar museum.
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Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 